Resources

This page contains additional Resources and useful links for users of GanttDiva.

Sample Project Templates

The following links are project plan examples that you can use as starting points for your own work. These projects are included in the GanttDiva installation package. Any of these project plan template files can be opened with Excel even if GanttDiva is not installed.

Small renovation project 

This sample is a complete project covering a set of activities and milestones for a typical renovation project.

Software function development template

This sample contains a set of activities that are typical for the development of a new software feature for a software product. Multiple copies of this template can be imported into a project and linked to create a software development project schedule.

System Function design template

This sample contains a set of activities that are typical for the definition of a new feature for a complex system.

Widget Project

This sample contains a set of activities for a software project with multiple resources and functions

Widget Roadmap

This sample contains a multi year roadmap for a product and illustrates the use of goalposts and how fields can be hidden.

Widget HW-SW Roadmap

This sample demonstrates the capabilities of the Timeline report. The Style 4 Timeline was used and user overrides have been used to optimize the automated placement of text, milestones and tasks . This Timeline was created on a monitor with 1920×1200 resolution, so placement of items may require some adjustment for other screen resolutions.

How to Maximize the Capabilities of GanttDiva

Read how to create a RAG (Red, Amber, Green) Status for your schedule

Useful Links

Check out launchexcel.com for lots of useful tips on how to improve your productivity with Excel. It also has many other links to other sites and has an interesting ebook called “Power TIips for Microsoft Excel”. The site is focussed on Excel 2010, although most of the tips will also work for Excel 2007